Biden proposes to increase the Medicare tax on the rich so as to providesufficient funds forMedicare until 2050.International pharmaceuticalsBig Pharma has convinced the US government to strive to the utmosttoprevent Americans from buying prescription medicinesabroad to save money. Medicines are more expensive in the US because the US governent hasa decades-long tradition of helping Big Pharma gouge. Their pretextis that people would import opioids that way, but few people try that.